Smoothie Builder

As the days get warmer, a smoothie can be a great refreshing snack or meal replacement. There are so many different foods that can get hidden into a smoothie, when I was in Morocco years ago I saw avocado in a smoothie and thought that was crazy, now I am not just a massive fan…

EASY AND HEALTHY WINTER CHICKEN SOUP

I was at a friends place the other day and tried this amazing hearty chicken soup that lead me to wait for a Briscoes Sale and invest in a slow cooker just so could I could make it again. I found it boosted my immune system at the time, was full of nutrients and not…

4 Healthy Ways to Substitute Carbs

If you are anything like me you would have over-indulged a little over the summer and now it feels like time for a detox. Having a diet filled with less processed and starchy carbs is one way I like to detox. Here are 4 nutritious easy ways to substitute some everyday carbs. 1. Cauliflower for…

Build Your Own Granola

Do you love snacks? Me too! I love this “Build your own” granola recipe because you can simply use ingredients already in the pantry versus shopping for new ingredients you’ll probably not use again. THIS.. This is super easy to throw together and customizable for your own taste buds and common pantry ingredients. Here is…

Loaded Cauliflower Bake

This week I have started to make a real effort into preparing and cooking meals that have less starch in them as I have come to notice I feel quite sluggish after eating too many starchy foods. For myself, I am trying to obtain more of a balanced diet throughout the week. I came across…

Healthy Lamb Chops- Recipe for the BBQ Season

With the bbq season coming up I thought I would be a perfect time to share a family favorite recipe for many generations. This recipe for the lamb chops is made up of many ingredients with health benefits and not to mention a crowd pleaser. Lamb is a great source of protein and iron. Some…

THE PALEO DIET

WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS ‘CAVEMAN’ DIET? The paleo diet is based on the types of foods presumed to have been eaten by early humans 2.5 million years ago consiting mainly of meat, fish, veges and fruits. It excluded all dairy, cereal producrs and processed foods. The theory is that cave dwellers weren’t fat and didn’t…

DIY Indian Cooking Experience

The staff at Chiropractic Balance had a great team experience at Sheila’s Indian Kitchen: dinner with a twist- we had to cook it ourselves! I chose this cooking class because they catered for a small group of six and thought it would be a bit different to a standard meal out. What I wasn’t expecting was the…

WINTER BONE BROTH

Your grandma was not wrong about chicken soup! Being this time of year again in the windy capital I thought it would be perfect to introduce to you a favourite winter super food of mine-bone broth!

Bone broths contain high amounts of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and amino acids.

Why would I need bone broth in my life?

Paleo Double Layer Chocolate Cake – Plus FREE Birthday Cake e-cookbook.

Due to the imminent due date of my second baby, yesterday Franklin (our 2 year old) and I decided to bake ‘it’ a birthday cake. As we are what we eat, we wanted to make sure that this cake was as full of as many nutrients as possible. That’s when I came across my friend Leandra’s (the ‘Cosmopolitan Hippy’) Paleo chocolate cake recipe.